In case anyone's wondering: this is a Bob Dylan cover for the movie Watchmen. It's the latest from MCR. This is the first time in months that I can finally say, "They're back." IMHO, "The Black Parade" was just a whim. Something they figured they'd do out of boredom. I'm hoping they'd make a much better, more mature, idiosyncratic, less mainstream (though I think it's impossible this time) f*cking great album like "Bullets..." or "Three Cheers..."
Here's another song I like from BTE. I'm quite surprised that I didn't include this in my first few/earliest posts, because I can very much relate to it. The song is, in part, about a girl wanting to become a star but never getting the break she needs. She persisted, even "waiting tables" etc., and was able to make it eventually. And the song also juxtaposes how people thought she was crazy and how people started treating her differently when she did make it big. Or something to that effect, yeah.
In some way, it also captures what I (and I believe, what most of us) go through every now and then. Sometimes, people don't understand why I do the things that I do. People would think I'm weird just because I want to be. Nobody really asks questions and most just insinuate/speculate and come to really perverse conclusions about who I really am. Which is a shame, really.
The song also got it right re: people only wanting to be your friend because they can get something out of you...
"Everybody wants to be your friend When you've got something you can give them All I've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy Just a little misunderstood..."
A sad song about the tragic loss of a friend and keeping a promise... Very poignant, spontaneous, rebellious, and nostalgic. If I were to pass on, I'd like this to be one of the songs in the funeral playlist.
According to wikipedia: "Lead singer Kevin Griffin says that the song is inspired by a story about the death of Gram Parsons: 'Gram's tale is just a great, romantic rock'n'roll story. His friend stole his funeral casket from LAX and took it down to 29 Palms and set him on fire as the sun came up ... and that's where I got the story of some friends stealing their friend's urn, and honoring the girl's true wishes, and going out to the beach one morning and listening to this R.E.M. song they used to listen to growing up as the sun was coming up. It was a way to make something both personal and dramatic.'"
I'd never get tired of listening to this song from one of my favorite alternative bands, Fuel. Like most of the songs I really like, this actually conveys what I feel or experience most of the time. It's funny, but I still remember crying with this song in the background at the end of a really dismal day. I guess it's Brett Scallions' powerful and gripping vocals and Carl Bell's honest, heartfelt, and matter-of-fact lyrics. I really love Fuel. Too bad, Brett left the group in 2006. It's just not the same without him.
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